In Pictures: Cute canines compete for Crufts crown

In Pictures: Cute canines compete for Crufts crown

The world’s finest dogs have descended on the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham for Crufts 2018.

Dogs and their owner arrive for the first day of Crufts 2018 (Aaron Chown/PA)

The event was declared the world’s largest dog show in 1991 by Guinness World Records.

A pair of St Bernards, time for the big dogs (Aaron Chown/PA)

Officials expect around 160,000 visitors to turn up over the course of four days, with more than 27,000 pooches on show.

Some specimens needed help to keep the rain off (Aaron Chown/PA)
Sartorial elegance ahead of the big show (Aaron Chown/PA)
An old English sheepdog gets the full treatment (Aaron Chown/PA)
Fatima Costa and her daughter from Luton sit with their Estrella mountain dogs (Aaron Chown/PA)
A Komondor dog, also known as an Hungarian sheepdog (Aaron Chown/PA)
Some of the pooches are getting familiar with the limelight (Aaron Chown/PA)
Dog tired already (Aaron Chown/PA)
Merlin an old English sheepdog (Aaron Chown/PA)
Even Gromit gets a look in at the world’s biggest dog show (Aaron Chown/PA)
A moment to relax before the judges arrive (Aaron Chown/PA)
Two collies during the first day of Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham (Aaron Chown/PA)

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